Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
gravely of dress.

81 don't mean to say said Kate de-
murrlv, that you're to give mp the serape
entirely; Won can Yea 1t on RAINY nights
and when YOU ride over here from your
friends house to spend the evenlnS-for
the sake of old times she added, with
an unconscious air ut referring To an al
ready ~antiquated friendship; "but you
YOU must admit its a little too gorgeous
and theatrical for the sunlight of day and
the public highway"
"Rut why should that make 1t wrong,
if the experiences OF a people has shOwnl 1t
to H. a garment best fitted for their wants
and requirements SAID Falkner arSu-
mentatiyely.
But you are not one of those people, y
said Kate, ''and that makes all the dltier-
ence. You look differently and act differ
entity, so that there is something irrecOn-
cilable between your clothes and you that
makes you look odd"
And to look odd, according to your
civilized prejudice, IS to be wrong, said
FalkReT bitterly.
1t is To seem different from what one
really is which Is wrong Now, you are
a mining superintendent, you tell me.
Then YOU don't want To look like q Span
ish brigaud, rs you do in that serap0. i
am sure il YOU had ridden mp To a stage
coach whole | WAS in it I'd have handed
YOU NV watch and purse without a word.
There, YOU are not offended She added
with a laugh, which did not, however, con-
zeal a certain earnestneSs. 81 suppose
ought to have said | would have given 1t
gladly to such a romantic figure, and per
-. - .A,N .,l 1np.al a carDhpnH
or bolerO with vO-if that Is the thing to
do nowadays. WellH' she said, after a
dangerous pause that " not said it
Helhad been walking a little before her,
with his face turned toward the distant
mountain. Suddenly he stopped and faced
her.
You would have given enough of your
time tn the highwayman, Miss Scott, rs
would have enabled you Ia identify him
for the pOlice-and no more. Like your
brother, you would have been willing Ia
sacrifice yourself for the benefit of the laws
of civilization and good order
If a denial to this assertion could have
been expressed without the use OF speech,
il was certainly transparent in the face and
ewes or the young girl at that moment, II
Falkner had been less ~Selt-cOnsCious he
would have seen it plainly. But Kate only
buried her flce in her lifted mutt, slightly
raised her pretty shoulders, and, dropping
her tremulouS cyclids, walked on. 1T
seems a pity she said after a pause,
THAT we cannot preserve our W miser'
able existence without taking something
from Others sometimes even q hIe.' He
started. And it's horrid to have to re,
mind YOU that you have vet 10 kill some
thing for the invaiid's supper she con
tinued. IL saw n hare in thT field yon'
der"
"You mean that jackaSS rabbit" he
said abStractedly.
''What You please, It's a pity yOu didn't
take your gun instead of your rifle"
~ brought the rifle tor protection
And "a shot gun il only aggressive, |
suppose"
Falkner looked mt her for 3 moment, and
then. a the hare suddenly started across
the open a hundred yards away, brought
the rifle to his shoulder. 4 long interval
AS il seemed Ia Kate-elapSed; the ami
ma seemed to he already safely out OF
range, when the rife suddenly cracked; the
hare bounded in the air like n ball and
dropped motiOnleSs. The girl looked at
the markSman in undiSguiSed admiration,
is il quite dead?" she said timidly.
'It never knew what struck it."
at certainly looks less brutal than
shooting it with q shotgun, rs John does,
and then not killingit outright, - said Kate.
81 hate what is called sport and spOrtmen,
but a rifle SEEMS
WHAT said Falkner.
Internationally.
She had raised her pretty head in the
air, and, with her hand shading her eyes,
was looking around the clear ether, and
said meditatively, IL wonder-no matter. y
''What is it,"
ooh, nothing"
at is something" said Falkner, with
an amused smile, relOading his rifle.
"Well, you once promised me an eagle:
feather for my hat. Isn't that an eagle?'
ppm afraid it is only n hawk"
s'Well, that will do. Shoot thatp'
Her eyes were sparkling. Falkner with
drew his W with q slight smile and rails
ed his rife with provoking dehberatiOn.
ssAre Won quite sure it's what you
want?'' he asked demurely.
''Yes-quiekp
Nevertheless, il was some minutes be
fore the rifle cracked again. The wheeling
ird suddenly struck the wind with it